Indigenous peoples of the Plateau

E109961

The Indigenous peoples of the Plateau are Native American and First Nations groups traditionally inhabiting the inland plateau regions between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Coast, known for their rich fishing, trade networks, and diverse languages and cultures.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations peoples ⓘ
Indigenous peoples ⓘ
Native American peoples ⓘ
cultural region ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
hasColonialHistory experienced displacement and reservation system ⓘ
impacted by fur trade ⓘ
subject to treaties with Canada ⓘ
subject to treaties with United States ⓘ
hasCulturalTrait complex kinship systems ⓘ
extensive trade networks ⓘ
rich fishing traditions ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
seasonal round subsistence patterns ⓘ
semi-nomadic lifestyle (historically) ⓘ
use of mat lodges ⓘ
use of pit houses (semi-subterranean dwellings) ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity gathering of roots and berries ⓘ
hunting of deer and other game ⓘ
interregional trade ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Athabaskan languages (in some groups) ⓘ
Interior Salish languages ⓘ
linked to: Salishan languages

Kutenai language ⓘ
Plateau Penutian languages ⓘ
Sahaptian languages ⓘ
linked to: Penutian languages
hasModernIssue fishing rights and water rights disputes ⓘ
land rights claims ⓘ
language revitalization efforts ⓘ
hasNotableGroup Bannock people ⓘ
Cayuse people ⓘ
Coeur d'Alene people ⓘ
Colville people ⓘ
Flathead (Salish) people ⓘ
Interior Salish peoples ⓘ
Kootenai people ⓘ
Lillooet (St'át'imc) people ⓘ
Nez Perce ⓘ
Northern Paiute people ⓘ
linked to: Northern Paiute

Okanagan people ⓘ
linked to: Colville people

Shuswap (Secwepemc) people ⓘ
Sinixt people ⓘ
linked to: Chinookan peoples

Spokane people ⓘ
Thompson (Nlaka'pamux) people ⓘ
linked to: Nlaka'pamux people

Umatilla people ⓘ
Walla Walla people ⓘ
Yakima (Yakama) people ⓘ
locatedBetween Pacific Coast ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
locatedIn Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Fraser Plateau ⓘ
Plateau cultural area ⓘ
interior plateau region ⓘ
parts of present-day Alberta ⓘ
parts of present-day British Columbia ⓘ
parts of present-day Idaho ⓘ
parts of present-day Montana ⓘ
parts of present-day Nevada ⓘ
parts of present-day Oregon ⓘ
parts of present-day Saskatchewan ⓘ
parts of present-day Washington ⓘ
neighboringRegion Great Basin cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Great Basin

Northwest Coast cultural area ⓘ
Plains cultural area ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indigenous peoples of North America → hasSubgroup → Indigenous peoples of the Plateau ⓘ
Julian Steward → notableWork → Basin-Plateau Aboriginal Sociopolitical Groups ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Plateau
Shasta people → subgroupOf → Plateau tribes ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Plateau
Plateau linguistic area → hasPopulationType → Indigenous peoples of the Plateau ⓘ
Kalispel people → partOf → Interior Plateau peoples ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Plateau